Hamid Karzai returned to Uruzgan province in October 2001, and worked to coordinate local efforts to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban and their supporters. On December 5, 2001, while he was still in Afghanistan leading these efforts, he was elected Chairman of theInterim Administration of Afghanistan...
Analysis: Current wave of violence in Afghanistan the worst since the fall of the TalibanMICHELE NORRIS, ROBERT SIEGEL
The budget was announced following the final review of the cabinet and approval of the Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, according to Hanafi. "This year's budget, whether in the field of education, government staff salaries, defense, or any other parts, will be funded ...
ICE is set to get its first Senate-confirmed leader in nearly five years this fall, laying groundwork for reform within the agency. The Senate is prepared to vote on Biden’s nominee to lead ICE – Texas Sheriff Ed Gonzalez – who has worked with ICE in the past, but has also taken ...
Britain became the staunchest ally of the U.S. after the Sept. 11 attacks. British troops joined the U.S. in the bombing campaign against Afghanistan in Oct. 2001, after the Taliban-led government refused to turn over the prime suspect in the terrorist attacks, Osama bin Laden. ...
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Attacks have stayed above 10,000 in each subsequent three-month period, according to the report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The SIGAR report makes clear that the Doha agreement, instead of propelling Taliban-Kabul talks, unleashed an offensive that ca...
Fatima Al Zahraa Hassan’s When the Seventh Art Triumphed Over the Taliban in Afghanistan is a harrowing yet uplifting tale of courage. It chronicles the Afghan Film Organization’s defiance in preserving the nation’s cinematic heritage against the Taliban’s oppressive regime. This story is a...
In the wake of the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, and the handover of 38 million Afghans to the murderous and barbaric Taliban, Biden’s words came across as empty and frankly ridiculous. His lofty sentiments will be no comfort to the millions of Afghan women now sentenced to a life of...
nobody noticed Millimeter Wave Full Body Imaging scanners were already at most major airports, ready to be deployed. Abdel (Servant of El/Allah) Mutallib (Student ie Taliban) was Muhammad’s uncle and originator of Islam; one doesn’t travel on a cash ticket Internationally to 3 countries wi...